Surgery changes for preventing irregular heart rhythms during bypass
Part of Brain & nervous system, Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial studies whether removing a small heart pouch area and a specific ligament during off-pump heart bypass surgery improves outcomes. It is meant for people having their first off-pump coronary bypass, without a history of atrial fibrillation.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are scheduled for your first off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
- You do not have atrial fibrillation before surgery and have never had it before
- You are not having any other heart or non-heart surgery at the same time
- Your operation is not expected to switch (convert) to the other type of bypass during surgery
- This is not an emergency surgery
- You have not had previous heart surgery
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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